German B2 — Upper-Intermediate Vocabulary
Less common, more abstract vocabulary for news, essays and complex topics. · 2,844 words.
2,844 B2 words
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| mästen | to fatten / plump up |
| die Masterarbeit | master's thesis |
| der Maulkorb | a muzzle |
| der Maulwürf | mole |
| der Maurer | a bricklayer / mason |
| das Medium | medium |
| der Meeresgrund | seabed / sea floor |
| der Meerespegel | sea level |
| die Meinungsfreiheit | freedom of speech (wenig benutzt) |
| der Meißel | a chisel |
| meißeln | to chisel |
| meist- | most |
| meisterhaft | masterful / masterly |
| die Meisterschaft | championship / mastery |
| das Meisterwerk | masterpiece |
| die Melasse | molasses |
| die Melodie | melody |
| der Mensch, -en | people |
| menschengemacht | man-made |
| die Menschentraube | a crowd of people |
| die Menüleiste | a menu bar |
| die messerscharf Kante | a razor-sharp edge |
| das Messing | brass |
| die Meute | a pack of hounds / mob |
| die Miesmuschel | a mussel |
| die Migräne | migraine |
| das Mikroplastik | microplastic |
| die Milbe | a mite |
| die Milde | mildness / gentleness / blandness / mellowness |
| die Mindestanforderung | a minimum requirement |
| der Minister | minister |
| der Missbrauch | abuse |
| mit Ach und Krach | with a bang |
| mit X ausgerüstet | equipped with X |
| das Mitleid | compassion/pity |
| der Mitmensch | fellow man / neighbor |
| das Mittelalter | Middle Ages |
| das Mittelmeer | the Mediterranean Sea |
| die Mittelschicht | the middle class |
| der Mitternacht | midnight |
| der Mitwirkender | a contributor |
| der Moderator | presenter / host |
| das Module | modules |
| der Monarch | monarch |
| die Monarchie | monarchy |
| der Mönch | a monk / friar |
| die Monokultur | monoculture |
| der Monotheismus | monotheism |
| monströse | monsterous |
| die Moral | morality/moral principles |
| moralisch | moral |
| der Morast | morass / quagmire |
| morastig | swampy / marshy / miry |
| der Mord | murder |
| mörderisch | murderous / homicidal |
| morsch | rotten / decayed / brittle |
| der Mörtel | mortar (building material) |
| die Moschee | mosque |
| das Motiv | motif / subject matter |
| die Motte | a moth |
| die Müdigkeit | tiredness |
| der Mülleimerdeckel | garbage can lid |
| die Mündung | mouth / estuary (by rivers) |
| munkeln | to be rumored |
| murren | to grumble / mutter |
| mürrisch | grumpy / sullen |
| das Musizieren | making music/playing music |
| das Muskelgedächtnis | muscle-memory |
| das Muster | pattern / sample / design |
| mutieren | to mutate |
| mutmaßen | to conjecture / surmise |
| mutmaßlich | presumed / conjectural |
| die Mutter, -ü | mother |
| die Nabe | a hub / nave |
| der Nachdruck | emphasis / reprint |
| nachhaltig | sustainable |
| die Nachhaltigkeit | sustainability |
| nachladen | to reload |
| der Nachlass | an estate / discount = what someone leaves behind after they die = alles, was ein Verstorbener an Gütern [und Verpflichtungen] hinterlässt |
| der Nachmittag,-e | afternoon |
| die Nachrichtenagentur | news agency |
| die Nachrichtenflut | flood of news / information overload |
| der Nachschub | replenishment |
| die Nachsicht | a leniency / indulgence |
| nachst | next |
| die Nächstenliebe | charity |
| die Nacht,¨-e | night |
| nachtaktiv | nocturnal |
| die Nachtigall | a nightingale |
| das Nachtisch | dessert / sweets |
| nachträglich | retroactive / backdated |
| die Nachtsicht | night vision |
| nachvollziehen | to comprehend / retrace |
| nachweisbar | verifiable / detectable / provable |
| nachweisen | prove/demonstrate |
| die Nachwirkung | aftermath / after effect |
| die Nacktschnecke | a slug |
| die Nadelstreifen | pinstripes |
| der Nahostkonflikt | Middle East Conflict |
| nahtlos | seamless / smooth |
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